Dragon Demon Continent.
Centered around Xuanhuang Immortal City, immortal cities began spreading rapidly in all directions. Every thousand kilometers, one city descended from the skies. With each landing, the city immediately:
Anchored itself to geomantic veins,
Attracted earthly dragon lines,
Gathered heaven and earth essence,
Redirected the region's feng shui,
And gave rise to regional fortune (地运).
All of it was then naturally merged into Great Yi's national destiny (国运).
Those proficient in Fate-Gazing Arts (望气术) could see:
As each immortal city descended, a gray local fortune surged from the land,
Coalescing above the city,
Then fusing into Great Yi's national luck.
Shortly after:
Gray turned white,
Then red,
Eventually even green—the color of Great Yi's imperial luck.
Color gradient of regional fortune (地运):
Green (青): Full control
Red (红): Strong influence
White (白): Stable integration
Gray (灰): Initial claim
Blue (蓝) / Yellow (黄): Weakening or peripheral control
The farther from an immortal city, the weaker the influence, but even the distant wilds could retain red fortune, as long as a city nearby was thriving.
This color-coded "fortune aura" was a real-time map of territorial control.
This also explained why Great Yi allowed alien tribes to remain in the wilds—Absolute control wasn't necessary everywhere.
As long as immortal cities anchored the region and gathered fortune,the area was as good as claimed.
One city.
Two cities.
Hundreds… Thousands.
Soon, thousands of immortal cities spread across the land.
The former battlefield of the Dragon Demon Continent had now become a golden opportunity for mass expansion.
Each city housed 500,000 households—Even at three people per household, that meant over 1.5 million citizens per city.
These large-scale relocations were nothing new to Great Yi—They were now a well-oiled migration machine.
In a single afternoon, a freshly descended city could already be:
Bustling with people,
Filled with carts and merchants,
Alive with vitality.
A scene so vibrant, it left onlookers speechless.
However—
Great Yi's population was too massive.
Not just the original citizens, but also:
Refugees,
Surviving human factions discovered in this campaign,
Entire civilizations seeking shelter—
They all flooded in, pushing population over 2 trillion.
(And this didn't even count the War Soldiers from the Hongmeng Heavenly Emperor Pagoda.)
"My Emperor,"
stepped forward Xun Yu,
"As of now, Great Yi possesses 100,000 immortal cities.
The registered population with permanent residency has reached 1.8 trillion.
But this still leaves a huge portion unaccommodated.
We're now facing a city shortage crisis."
100,000 immortal cities—an astronomical figure—yet not enough.
Every captured territory added more people
And Great Yi's city reserves were exhausted.
"My Emperor," spoke Gongshu Lin of the Heavenly Works Pavilion,
"We're forging cities as fast as possible.
Every day, all our forges run in three shifts,
Yet even so, we can only produce 500 immortal cities a day.
Any faster—and I'm afraid not even sacrificing my life would make more appear."
He wore a bitter smile.
All the messages he received recently had the same demand:
More cities.
Yi Tianxing nodded.
"No need to panic. After this morning court, I'll use Time-type treasures to accelerate the flow of time within key city forges—like the Heavenfire Furnace Realm.
We'll speed up production dramatically and cover the entire Hanhai Realm in cities."
He had long considered this.
Using treasures like the Time Stopwatch to accelerate production was feasible,but the catch was—
Time acceleration = rapid aging.
For the people working inside,1 day outside might mean 1 year inside—so they would age rapidly, paying a real price.
Unless absolutely necessary, he avoided such use.
But now, urgency outweighed cost.
The army was waiting.
Expansion demanded speed.
What was swallowed quickly—was truly one's own.
"My Emperor," added Huang Chengyan,
"Many of the human factions joining us have existing cities and villages.
If we refit these prebuilt towns with Xuanhuang bricks and infrastructure,
We can rapidly convert them into pseudo-immortal cities."
These were built using Village Creation Orders,and though not true immortal cities, could still serve as bases after remodeling.
It would:
Save materials,
Save Village Orders,
And speed up city deployment.
"Jiang Ni," Yi Tianxing turned to him,
"The Celestial Observatory Bureau will handle this.
Send Feng Shui Masters to all still-usable villages and towns.
Anything salvageable—retrieve and repurpose."
Even ruined towns were useful—if the core remained intact.
These too were forged from Village Orders—resources too precious to waste.
"Yes, my Emperor," Jiang Ni accepted.
"My Emperor," stepped forward Mao Sui,
"Over the past days, numerous alien races have sent national letters,
requesting an audience to discuss the future."
After the battle on Dragon Demon Continent:
Many hostile alien factions were wiped out,
But some races—like the Elves, Dwarves, Flower Sprites, Gnomes, Simian folk, and Little People—sought coexistence.
Now they scrambled to request a meeting with Yi Tianxing, hoping for:
Benefits,
Peace treaties,
Or just safety guarantees.
The fall of the billion-strong coalition had terrified many.
Yi Tianxing waved a hand dismissively.
"Ignore them for now.
House them temporarily in the All-Races State Guest Pavilion.
Once we've completed our conquest of the Hanhai Realm,I'll summon them all together.
In the meantime, give them temporary visas
and let them experience our civilization firsthand."
With hundreds of delegations arriving,meeting each one would consume his entire schedule.